01-17-2011, 12:18 AM
[quote rcturbos]What were ou tipping them with?[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]I don't think you meant to reply to my post. You need to click on the post you want to ask about.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, since I have fished Pineview a bit and have caught my share of both perch and crappies I will chip in...a bit. I always take worms. Sometimes plain old crawler is all you need. But I usually use perch pieces too. I never use waxworms or mealies but lots of folks couldn't do without them. Ditto for perch eyeballs. They work for some but I do better with my "doctored" perch meat...salted with some crawdad scent on the bait sized strips.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I personally feel that finding the fish is the first big requirement. Next is presenting your jigs at the right level with the right action...for that day. It can change from day to day...or hour to hour.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch hit better on or near the bottom, but will come up a ways when they are active. Crappies will look up to bite something above them, but will seldom tip down to chase something below them. Always better to fish in the same depth or slightly above where the crappies are showing on the sonar.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That being said, crappies sometimes get right down and grub aquatic invertebrates out of the bottom. I have caught them on heavy 1/4 oz. jigs laying on the bottom in 55 feet of water. But usually something smaller and lighter...above the bottom...will score more slabs.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]I don't think you meant to reply to my post. You need to click on the post you want to ask about.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, since I have fished Pineview a bit and have caught my share of both perch and crappies I will chip in...a bit. I always take worms. Sometimes plain old crawler is all you need. But I usually use perch pieces too. I never use waxworms or mealies but lots of folks couldn't do without them. Ditto for perch eyeballs. They work for some but I do better with my "doctored" perch meat...salted with some crawdad scent on the bait sized strips.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I personally feel that finding the fish is the first big requirement. Next is presenting your jigs at the right level with the right action...for that day. It can change from day to day...or hour to hour.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch hit better on or near the bottom, but will come up a ways when they are active. Crappies will look up to bite something above them, but will seldom tip down to chase something below them. Always better to fish in the same depth or slightly above where the crappies are showing on the sonar.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That being said, crappies sometimes get right down and grub aquatic invertebrates out of the bottom. I have caught them on heavy 1/4 oz. jigs laying on the bottom in 55 feet of water. But usually something smaller and lighter...above the bottom...will score more slabs.[/#0000ff]
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